Indiana Supreme Court to examine murky public intoxication laws

There’s a murky line between obnoxious drunk and criminal, and the Indiana Supreme Court is tasked with defining the difference.

At the request of the attorney general’s office, the Supreme Court will take up a case regarding potentially unconstitutionally vague language found in Indiana’s public intoxication law, according to The Indianapolis Star.

Public intoxication is defined by Indiana law as someone who, while drunk in a public place, “harasses, annoys or alarms another person.”

The request follows a recent ruling by the Indiana Court of Appeals. According to The Wall Street Journal, Rodregus Morgan, of Indianapolis, was arrested in 2012 for public intoxication and disorderly conduct.